More hockey fans filled the stands on Sunday than for a seat-gripping final game this past Saturday. Having won game 16 against the Hay River Shockers, the Hay River Ptarmigan Huskies moved on to game 18 against Fort Providence. J.J. Hirst scored first against Fort Providence and Steve Rosendahl scored second tying the teams up.
The girls of the Hay River Figure Skating Club had some extra ice time and instruction this weekend. But it was a rare treat. The women’s hockey team cancelled their practice, offering an hour of extra ice time, and coach Linda Thompson was in from Fort Smith and was able to lead the pre-preliminary and [...]
The weird weather this weekend didn’t prevent the territory’s avid slo-pitch players from competing in this year’s Coors tournament. After two team dropped out, 11 teams from across the North competed with strong winds, hot sun and thunder as their backdrop. A fast-approaching thunderstorm soaked teams on Sunday afternoon, and repeated showers on Monday hit [...]
Residents in Fort Smith are preparing for a possible evacuation due to a forest fire burning about 90 kilometres outside of town. Highway 5 at the Fort Smith junction was closed twice this weekend due to fires in the nearby area – Friday evening and again on Sunday night. By Monday, the highway was open [...]
Hosting their home tournament this past weekend, Hay River’s midget hockey team finished up in third after facing some tough competition. Hay River had a sluggish first game against Fort Smith, but came out on top. The team came together while playing the eventual tournament champions High Level, tying the game five each.
This year marked the second annual Fort Smith Slopitch Tournament, and the turnout far surpassed that of the inaugural year. This year 14 teams registered for the event, over twice the number of last year’s six. Teams travelled from across the NWT and even Alberta to take part in the weekend long tournament.
The Fort Smith Northstars proved they were the cream of the crop during last weekend’s Coors Slo-pitch Tournament, going undefeated through the round robin and playoffs to capture the title on Monday afternoon. “It was a really good tournament,” the Northstar’s Matt Bourke said moments after his team defeated the South Slave Selects 12-2 in [...]
They may have come out on the losing end of the Hazard’s Women’s Hockey Tournament final, but you wouldn’t know it by talking to members of the Hay River Explosive team following the game. The team, who had survived a scare in their semi-final game against the High Level Cruzers, had little time to catch [...]
